Mohammad Ahmadi, a 62-year-old Afghan American, was shot and killed on November 7, 2021, in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He was found at 6:41 p.m. in the rear parking lot of a business at 1401 San Mateo Blvd NW, a business he ran with his brother. Ahmadi’s killing was the first in a series of ambush-style shootings that targeted Muslim men in Albuquerque in the months that followed, and investigators initially treated his death as part of a potential pattern of hate crimes.

A major development came on August 9, 2022, when police and the FBI announced the arrest of a primary suspect, 51-year-old Muhammad Atif Syed, after officers saw him leave his residence in a Volkswagen Jetta believed to have been used in at least one of the murders. Authorities later charged him in connection with several of the slayings; police said evidence tied the suspect to the scenes and that the killings may have involved both interpersonal conflict and sectarian motives.

Did anyone in Albuquerque know Ahmadi or have information about his business at 1401 San Mateo Blvd NW?